Too much money poisons our politics

New Census Bureau data for 2011 shows that economic inequality continued to widen in the U.S. last year. The Bureau reports that the richest Americans increased their share of total wealth by 4.9 percent last year and that the median income reached its lowest level since 1995. 46.2 million Americans were living in poverty in 2011.

This trend must end. But so long as the politicians are for sale to the highest bidder it will not end. As Fredrick Douglas pointed out over a century ago, the powerful never relinquish power without a struggle. We the People must take matters into our own hands. We must get the money out of politics.